From the end of the world

Chapter 97 Caught on the spot
Chang'an is missing?
My nerves immediately tensed.

The person who is talking to Zhu Shi now should be from the Zhu family.

In order to avoid being attacked by the Shadow Changer again, Chang'an should be protected in the Zhu Family Mansion. But just when we locked the Shadow Changer's location, we suddenly heard that Chang'an was missing. How should I understand this situation?
Ma Zao saw that Zhu Shi and I looked unhappy, so he asked quietly, "Who is Zhu Shi's brother?"

"He was the man who came to see me on the first day you woke up in my house. His name is Zhu Changan."

I then briefly explained to Ma Zao the connection between Chang An and this incident, while at the same time bad thoughts kept coming to my mind.

Chang'an disappeared at this time. Could it be that he was kidnapped by the clone of the Shadow Changer again? However, the Zhu family mansion should have quite complete warning and defense measures, and even the so-called barrier. According to Zhu Shi's guarantee, let alone the clone of the Shadow Changer, even if several of the real bodies of the Shadow Changer came in person, they would not be able to kidnap Chang'an from inside.

It's useless to think about it now. Since Changan is gone, it's necessary to find him next. I should wait patiently for Zhu Shi to finish his call and see what's going on before thinking about the next step.

During the call, Zhu Shi just listened to the person on the other end of the phone with a gloomy face, occasionally responding with a few "hmm" or "got it". After a while, the call ended, and she put away the phone with a gloomy face.

"What happened?" I asked immediately, "Did the Zhu family mansion get attacked by the shadow-changing monster?"

She said in a complicated tone: "No, no enemy has ever attacked or sneaked into my house."

"But you just said Chang'an is missing?" I asked.

"Yes, my brother disappeared from home." She sighed, "Also disappeared were his keys, mobile phone, power bank, Bluetooth headset, his shoulder bag and thermos bottle, and of course his shoes."

When I heard her say that these seemingly insignificant items also disappeared, I quickly realized a possibility: "You mean, he wasn't kidnapped, but walked out on his own?"

Those items are what people would take with them before traveling. If the Shadow-Changer kidnapped Chang'an, it would certainly be impossible for him to be so considerate as to help take all those items with him.

"My family's security facilities and barriers are all designed to target external threats. There is basically no part designed to target internal personnel. So if my brother wants to leave on his own, there is definitely no way to prevent it." Zhu Shi explained.

"Don't you have internal surveillance at home?" I asked.

"Yes, there is, but that's my home, not a prison or a fortress. How could there be someone watching the movements of people inside 24 hours a day?" she said.

"That makes sense..." Ma Zao agreed. "Even in a survival base in the doomsday era, most of the security measures are used to deal with external threats. It is difficult to monitor the movements of internal personnel in a comprehensive manner. There is also a human factor involved. No one can tolerate a place where their words and actions are completely monitored. Maybe some people can accept it, but I definitely can't stand it."

Zhu Shi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, like privacy or something... Hmm? Zhuang Cheng, why do you look a little weird?"

"…Because I'm worried about Chang'an now." I said seriously, "Although he wasn't kidnapped, his personal safety is still threatened. What if he's attacked by the Shadow-Changing Monster's clone again when he's outside…"

Zhu Shi's attention was diverted: "Yes, we must find him first..."

"Didn't he just say that he took his phone?" Ma Zao seemed to be giving advice based on his recent experience of modern society. "Why not just give him a call and ask where he is now?"

"My family has called him many times, but he never answered." Zhu Shi thought for a while, "But as long as the phone is not turned off, we should be able to locate him through the operator. Let's ask Lu Chan first to see if he has any connections..."

Before she finished her words, the "firefly" that was searching inside the nightclub fed me back a picture that made me doubt my own eyes.

Seeing this, I interrupted her and said, "That's no longer necessary."

Zhu Shi was surprised: "Why?"

I suppressed my disbelief and pointed across the street: "Look over there..."

Zhu Shi and Ma Zao followed my finger and looked across the street, only to see the door of the nightclub open again. A young man dressed in branded clothes, looking suave and smiling walked out.

Next to him was a woman in a black dress, who looked like a college student, with a beautiful face, fair skin and a curvy figure. He put his arm around her shoulders, and she was full of resistance, even nudging his belly with her elbow, but he smiled with a vicious heart. The whole scene looked like an arrogant young man bullying a good girl.

It seemed like Zhu Shi took several seconds to finally see the young man's face clearly, and then he uttered a dumbfounded voice: "He, he...he he he..."

The young man who walked out of the nightclub was my friend Chang'an.

Not to mention Zhu Shi, even I didn't know what to say. What was going on? When we were worried about the other party's whereabouts and safety, he actually came out of that immoral place with a beautiful woman!
Now I may understand the feelings of those parents who found that their children did not come home all night, and looked for them anxiously for a long time, only to find that their children were playing games in a black Internet cafe all night. Zhu Shi and I looked at each other, and then we walked across the street with dark faces and approached behind Changan.

Changan obviously didn't notice us behind him at the first time. He just said to the woman beside him with a smile that he couldn't hide: "See, I said I could take you out. Next, let's go across the street to have a meal and discuss what to do next."

"I've already told you to stop meddling in other people's business. I won't follow you." The woman's voice was quite unwilling. "Go back quickly. It's not too late to stop now. And don't come looking for a dirty woman like me again. It's not good for you to get involved with me."

Changan said with a playful smile: "It's not good for you to be so cold. I have been through so many nights with you. You should at least be kind to me..."

Before Chang An, who was walking in front, could continue to speak, Zhu Shi's forehead was already showing blue veins. She sneered and spoke first: "It seems that you are still a frequent visitor to that nightclub!"

"Of course, I've been there for at least two months ago..." Chang An responded reflexively, and then he froze in place as if his whole body was numb. "There..."

"What are you doing there? Why don't you keep talking? We're listening." I also spoke up, "I guess you have a lot of romantic affairs there that are worth showing off. Share them with us."

Changan was petrified when he heard my voice. The woman next to him broke free from his arm and turned around, looking at us in doubt.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I am Chang'an's friend, and this is his sister Zhu Shi." I was also observing her.

She came out of the nightclub where the shadow-changer was lurking, and was with Chang'an who was threatened by the shadow-changer... So could she be the shadow-changer?
Probably not. I briefly recalled the severed hand of the Shadow Changer I got last night. It was a rough male hand. Then I looked at the woman in front of me. Her hand was white and slender, completely different from the rough male hand.

Unfortunately, the number of suspects that can be reduced by comparing palms is limited. There are many men with similar palm shapes in that nightclub. Some men are bathing in the bathing facilities, and even the color of their palms has turned red. I can't identify the shadow-changing monster from among them.

Zhu Shi seemed to be a little suspicious of the woman, probably having confirmed it with "Buzhou Mountain", and then shook his head at me.

"Excuse me, who are you?" I asked the woman.

"You can call me 'Goldfish'. I'm an employee of the wine tasting club... sort of." She said vaguely.

But the implication is obvious, her job there should also be to provide special services.

Chang'an seemed to be forcing himself to face a reality he didn't want to face. He turned his head bit by bit, and finally took us into his sight.

"Hello, hello..." He said with an awkward smile, "What a nice weather today, what are you doing here..."

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhu Shi said mercilessly, "First tell us clearly why you ran away from home. Do you know how worried we are about you? Running away is fine... No, we can't just let it go like that, but you ran away from home and actually ran to a place like that? Have you forgotten that your personal safety is still under threat?"

Ma Zao also came to our side. After hearing Zhu Shi's question, she seemed to be thinking about something and said immediately: "Perhaps it is because of the huge pressure of survival that we have a need for a gentle place..."

Hearing this, Zhu Shi suddenly realized, and then looked at Chang'an with even more contempt.

"No, it's not like that!" Chang'an said very embarrassedly.

Seeing him so upset under our questioning, I somehow thought of myself last night, and at the same time I felt a sense of sympathy and great satisfaction.

I never thought that other people's misfortune could be so sweet. Changan, you are really my good friend.

"Aren't you going there to play with women?" I asked directly.

"No, I'm not playing... No, yes, I'm going to play with women!" he said incoherently.

His reaction was confusing, so I simply looked at the woman next to him who called herself Goldfish.

The goldfish turned around and said to Chang'an: "Just tell them the truth. If you don't, I will."

(End of this chapter)